---
title: User cards
---

import {TabItem, Tabs} from "@astrojs/starlight/components";

import FlattenedSteps from "../../components/FlattenedSteps.astro";
import KeyboardTip from "../../components/KeyboardTip.astro";
import NavigationSteps from "../../components/NavigationSteps.astro";
import ZulipTip from "../../components/ZulipTip.astro";
import RightSidebarUserCard from "../include/_RightSidebarUserCard.mdx";

In the web and desktop apps, user cards contain basic information about a user
or bot. User cards are also a handy starting point for actions such as a [viewing a
user's profile](/help/view-someones-profile) or [viewing the messages they've
sent](/help/view-messages-sent-by-a-user).

## Information in a user's card

<Tabs>
  <TabItem label="User">
    * Their profile picture.
    * Their name.
    * Their [role](/help/user-roles) in the organization.
    * Their [status and availability](/help/status-and-availability), and whether
      the account has been [deactivated](/help/deactivate-or-reactivate-a-user).
    * Their current [local time](/help/change-your-timezone).
    * Their email address, if you [have
      permission](/help/configure-email-visibility) to view it.
    * The custom profile fields
      [selected](/help/custom-profile-fields#display-custom-fields-on-user-card) by
      administrators to be featured on user cards.
  </TabItem>

  <TabItem label="Bot">
    * Its profile picture.
    * Its name.
    * Its owner's name.
    * Its email address, if you [have
      permission](/help/configure-email-visibility) to view it.
    * Whether the bot has been [deactivated](/help/deactivate-or-reactivate-a-bot).
  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

## View someone's user card

<Tabs>
  <TabItem label="User">
    <FlattenedSteps>
      <RightSidebarUserCard />
    </FlattenedSteps>

    <ZulipTip>
      You can also click on a user's profile picture or name on a message they sent.
    </ZulipTip>

    <KeyboardTip>
      Alternatively, open someone's **user card** by selecting a message they sent, and
      using the <kbd>U</kbd> shortcut.
    </KeyboardTip>
  </TabItem>

  <TabItem label="Bot">
    <FlattenedSteps>
      <NavigationSteps target="settings/bots" />

      1. Click on the name of a bot in the **Name** column to open its **user card**.
    </FlattenedSteps>
  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

## Related articles

* [Introduction to users](/help/introduction-to-users)
* [View someone's profile](/help/view-someones-profile)
* [Message actions](/help/message-actions)
